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WRV student killed in fire
(Local News ~ 03/07/02)
A White River Valley High School senior lost her life in a fire at her home in Switz City on Wednesday night, and two children were taken to Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis for observation. Dead is Christina K. Cook, 21. She was a special-needs student at WRV...
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Father teaches his son well
(Local News ~ 03/07/02)
If you're an avid high school basketball fan you can remember Tom Shelton in his playing days with the old L&M High School. In today's terminology, he'd be called a "banger." A guy who loves to get in the thick of things and mix it up. If there was a loose ball, former Braves coach Jim Duffy didn't have to tell him to dive on the floor. Shelton was more than likely already there...
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Man walks into car, injured
(Local News ~ 03/07/02)
A Linton man struck by a car and seriously injured while crossing State Road 54 in Linton on Wednesday night underwent surgery this morning at Clarion Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Donald Sparks, 54, was first taken to Greene County General Hospital before being LifeLined to the Indianapolis hospital, after being struck by a vehicle near the Linton fire station at approximately 8:20 p.m. ...
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Bloomfield starting bidding process
(Local News ~ 03/07/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Town of Bloomfield is beginning the process of taking bids for the new waste water treatment. John Edwards, vice President of The Bonar Group, engineers who are leading the project, gave his much-welcomed updated report Wednesday night at the regular monthly meeting of the Bloomfield Town Council...
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Bloomfield Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 03/07/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Bloomfield Town Council and town attorney Chip Allen discussed and then decided to further review a franchise contract with Insight cable television to bring the service to Bloomfield residents. "We will look over this and table the issue until April. We will vote on the ordinance at that time," town council president Eric Harrah told Tom Flora, Insight Cable TV representative...
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Dogs search for drugs at Linton schools
(Local News ~ 03/07/02)
Linton-Stockton High School and Junior High students got a surprise visit from dogs trained to locate drugs this morning. Mike Johnson of the Bedford Police Department told The Daily Citizen this morning that the dogs had made "five hits inside the school, three or four in the junior high school and none in the parking lots but we aren't finished in the lots."...
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Rockville vs. Morristown preview
(Local News ~ 03/07/02)
Nobody had to make a bigger adjustment this season than Rockville boys basketball coach Match Lancaster. After four games, 6-8 center Sam Pharr (19 points and 13 rebounds per game) was dismissed from the team for violating team rules. The Rox (15-9), who will be facing Morristown (18-5) in the opening game of the Class A White River Valley Regional at 10 a.m. Saturday, then proceeded to lose seven of nine games...
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